Examines the invisible social hand that we live by and how in-house counsel can use it to their advantage in a company's compliance and ethics program.
It has become crucial for in-house attorneys to pay close attention to application data and compliance issues. Following the numerous reports of security data breaches that left many people with their personal information made public, a need to develop and implement policies and procedures to protect personal information has presented itself. Find out how to strengthen you current policy or get a good one into place.
Discusses what happens to the attorney-client privilege when the interest of a parent corporation and its affiliated companies diverge and ultimately become adverse, and provides useful guidance for corporate counsel representing corporate families.
This article explores how counsel can effectively manage the large volumes of records created.
Outlines examples of the tolerated practices that invite the kind of self-dealing and corrupt practices by corporate directors and officers and provides corporate governance practices that will maximize the risk of costly and crippling corporate scandals.
Read our interview with ACC Board Member, Gary Cohen, on his best practices and techniques for using the talent around us, both in-house and outside, and using the best legal practices of others.
To provide an organization for the promotion and the improvement of the common business and professional interests and responsibilities of attorneys who are engaged in the active practice of law on behalf of organizations in the private sector and who do not hold themselves out to the public for the practice of law. (ACCA’s bylaws) 1997 marks ACCA’s 15th anniversary. The story of ACCA’s founding commemorates the history of the organization and views from current leaders chart its future
Discusses the layers of protection against illegal or unethical employee behavior the typical compliance and ethics risk management program has.
The role of advocate is one of great responsibility and requires a strong understanding of what needs to be done in order to affect change. New laws and potential changes to existing laws impact in-house counsel's ability to work effectively. Alberto Gonzalez-Pita has been working, along with ACC, on behalf of the in-house community, and its ability to serve the client, for years.
Corporate privilege has been eroded on several fronts. Lawyers operating in the current legal climate must be keenly aware of the corporate privilege's potential limitations and take steps to minimize them. Here are thirteen steps to cope with corporate privilege erosion.